2024-07-03 15:10:46
► Moscow claims the acquisition of the first district of Tchassiv Iar
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday July 3 the victory of the first district of Chassiv Yar, a strategic town in eastern Ukraine which Moscow seeks to capture in the hope of a breakthrough.
However, it was not immediately clear whether Russian troops managed to cross the canal that separates this part of the suburb from the rest of the city.
Chassiv Iar, which is located on the heights, is the gateway to the great mining cities of Donbass, first and foremost Kramatorsk, the first city that is still under Ukrainian control in the region.
► NATO promises 40 billion per year to Ukraine
NATO countries have agreed to provide military support to Ukraine of 40 billion euros per year, without any time commitment.
This initiative, which will be introduced next week at an Alliance summit, was launched by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The latter wants a multi-year commitment from friends in order to provide this military assistance, especially to Ukraine in its war against Russia, for a long time.
This amount corresponds to the current level of cumulative aid from NATO countries, he pointed out. Washington, however, explained that it could not legally commit to several years, but said it was ready to review this aid in 2025, these ambassadors explained in Brussels.
► Three civilians were killed in Dnipro
At least three civilians were killed and 18 others injured in an attack by Russian missiles and explosive drones on the main city of Dnipro (central east), the regional governor said.
The attack damaged a store and a gas station, added the president of the regional assembly, Mykola Loukachuk, protesting “big hit”. He posted photos of a house and cars with broken windows.
Located around a hundred kilometers as the crow flies west of the front line with Russia, the city is regularly targeted by Russian airstrikes.
► Ukraine drone attacks near Zaporizhia and against Novorossiysk
Eight people were injured in a Ukrainian attack on the site of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, located in Russia, said the Russian group Rosatom, which opposed the increase in attacks.
The work carried out using several small quadcopter drones led to the hospitalization of eight people and two transformers were damaged, the company announced.
Russia also said it had launched an attack on a Ukrainian submarine overnight against Novorossiysk, part of Russia’s Black Sea naval base and located hundreds of kilometers from the coast under control. Ukraine.
► Prague estimates its aid in several billions
Prague has sent weapons, technology and ammunition worth a total of 6.75 billion crowns (266 euros) to Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022, the company said on Wednesday Czech.
EU and NATO member country, the Czech Republic is one of the main suppliers of weapons to the warring Ukraine, Defense Minister Jana Cernochova said.
As of May 31, 2024, Prague has sent to Ukraine, among other things, 8 planes, 62 tanks, 131 armored vehicles, 26 chemical surveillance vehicles and air defense ships 16 guns, and 13 launchers, 12 rocket launchers, 4,900 rockets, 645 anti-tank missiles and 8,022 rocket-propelled grenades, the ministry said.
► OSCE: Russia suspends its membership
Russia has announced that it has suspended its participation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), allegedly. “Russophobic” etc “discrimination”in the midst of the Ukrainian civil war.
“The methods of classification and discrimination, double standards and total Russophobia (…) show the serious damage of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly as a mechanism for interparliamentary cooperation”castigated the Federation Council, the upper house, in its statement.
Ukraine is calling in vain for Russia to withdraw from the OSCE, as was done in the Council of Europe, which Moscow left in March 2022.
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